ESTHER: S443-SAN
November
2023
Esther has been promoted to the seventh grade! She’s a dedicated student who works hard in school and also helps support her family by selling in the market after school. Esther continues to live with her mother and dreams of becoming a nurse one day. Sponsored by: Pat Rucks
October
2022
Esther was promoted to 6th grade! Her favorite parts about school are reading, math, and spending time with her friends. She continues to live with her mother and she hope to be a nurse one day. Nurses and health care workers in general are sorely needed in Liberia where access to medical care is challenged by a limited number of health facilities and workers. GPA is honored to walk alongside Esther and encourage her dream of becoming a nurse. Sponsored by: Pat Rucks
September
2021
Thanks to the generous donation from Pat Rucks, Esther has been re-enrolled into school for the 2021/2022 school year. She received an incomplete for the 2020/2021 school year. Due to COVID-19 outbreak, schools in Liberia had irregular school schedules. This combined with the lack of technology in the schools, some schools made the decision to keep students in their current grade level for the 2021/2022 school year. Esther was kept in her current grade level of 5th grade for the upcoming school year. She continues to live with her mother and still wants to be a nurse when she grows up.
September
2020
Thanks to the generous donation from Pat Rucks, Esther has been re-enrolled into school for the 2020/2021 school year. She is in the 5th grade this year and still wants to be a nurse when she grows up. She continues to live with her mother. (Please Note: Esther was out of town on the day of the 2020/2021 GPA school distribution. Her materials were left with the school authorities).
October
2019
Meet Esther, who has been generously sponsored by Gerold Keiler. She is 12 years old and in the 4th grade this year. Esther lives in Sanniquellie, Liberia with her unemployed, widowed mother. Since the death of Esther’s father 2 months ago, her mother has been struggling to support her family. Esther hopes to be a nurse when she grows up.
(Please note: Esther’s hair was shaved off due to: in some parts of Liberia, women, especially first daughters and wives, are known to shave off their heads when grieving their parents, husbands, and grandparent’s death, as a sign of respect to the dead and as a new beginning).
Photos of Esther Throughout The School Years
